CASE #4: 3M Canada: Industrial Business Division PROBLEM RECOGNITION * The target is to increase growth rate from 3-5% to 12-15% in 18 months * OEM market is mature with limited prospects of expansion * Ultimately shifting overall focus from OEM market to MRO market * High unfamiliarity and low exposure to the MRO market * IBD’s share of distributor sales was 2% of distributors’ revenue * Transitioning focus from Special and Niche accounts to Large National accounts
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Introduction 3.0 Overview 4.0 Task 5.0 Corporate Governance Issues 5.1 Board of Directors 5.2 Shareholders 5.2.1 Implementation of Independent Auditors from Management 5.2.2 Setting up Effective Accounting Rules 5.3 Modern CEOs 6.0 The Role of Corporate Ethics 7.0 Recommended Policies to be Implemented 7.1 Sarbanes-Oxley Act 7.2 The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) 8.0 The Required Way to Deal with Corporate Failure 9.0 Conclusion 10.0 Recommendation
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CHRISCHER L. ALANES FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING REACTION PAPER – THE ENRON SCANDAL FACTS OF THE CASE Enron Corporation was formed in 1985‚ led by Kenneth Lay‚ as a result from the merger of Houston Natural Gas and Internorth that specializes in natural gases and commodities. In 1990‚ the company hires Jeffrey Skilling to lead the trading of commodities under deregulated market and Andrew Fastow later that year (USA Today‚ 2002). Deregulation of the energy markets allowed companies to place bets
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Drypers Corporation National Television Advertising Campaign Factual Summary: Current Time Period Late 1997 - Company never used the television advertising in its 10 yrs. Of history. - $ 10 million is the budgeted amount for the television advertising through out the nation. - This increases company’s advertising & promotion budget by 33% - Estimated retail sales per child up to age of 30 months are $ 1012.50 - Disposable diapers & training pants are distributed through grocery stores
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Next Generation Mobile Analytical Instruments Palm Nuclear Magnetic Resonance System (PNMR) University Research & Entrepreneurship Symposium April 1‚ 2010 Dr. Marcus Semones WaveGuide Corporation WaveGuide is an early stage mobile analytical instrument company building a suite of next generation handheld (i) infrared and (ii) nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers for portable use in multiple untapped markets. WaveGuide’s business model: •Acquire exclusive worldwide licensing for existing
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A glimpse of Big Data Jan. 2013 What is big data? “Big data is not a precise term; rather it’s a characterization of the never ending accumulation of all kinds of data‚ most of it unstructured. It describes data sets that are growing exponentially and that are too large‚ too raw or too unstructured for analysis using relational database techniques. Whether terabytes or petabytes‚ the precise amount is less the issue than where the data ends up and how it is used.”------Cite from EMC’s report
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Data Warehouse Concepts and Design Contents Data Warehouse Concepts and Design 1 Abstract 2 Abbreviations 2 Keywords 3 Introduction 3 Jarir Bookstore – Applying the Kimball Method 3 Summary from the available literature and Follow a Proven Methodology: Lifecycle Steps and Tracks 4 Issues and Process involved in Implementation of DW/BI system 5 Data Model Design 6 Star Schema Model 7 Fact Table 10 Dimension Table: 11 Design Feature: 12 Identifying the fields from facts/dimensions: MS: 12 Advanced
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Corporate Inversion is defined as a company’s reincorporation overseas enabling reduction in tax burden on income earned abroad. When a significant portion of a company’s income is from foreign sources‚ then corporate inversion is the ideal strategy to implement; that is because such income is taxed both abroad and in the company where it is incorporated. The winning corporate inversion strategy would be for a company which has selected a country with lower tax rates and less intricate corporate
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expansion during the 1950s and 1960s? What strategy was the company pursuing? What was the key feature of the international organization structure that Black & Decker operated with at this time? Did Black & Decker ’ s strategy and structure make sense given the competitive environment at that time? 2 ( How did the competitive environment confronting Black & Decker change during the 1980s and 1990s? What changes did Black & Decker make in its strategy and structure to compete more effectively
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MODULE M6 Financial Management of Corporate Projects and Programmes Case: TARGET CORPORATION 1. Executive Summary Target corporation has a growth strategy of opening 100 new stores per year. Doug Scovanner‚ the CFO of Target Corporation is preparing for the November meeting of the Capital Expenditure Committee (CEC). He is one of the executive officers who are members
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